Gold, Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico City, Mexico
Gold ingot made by Spanish settlers in Mexico from melting down pre-Columbian gold ornaments, carried by attaching to their belts, in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, or National Museum of Anthropology, opened 1964, holding national collections of archaeology and ethnography, in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico. In Mexica culture, gold came directly from the sun and belonged to the gods, and was therefore sacred. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14153839
Media ID
46731478
Size
8268px x 5707px
(9.8MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
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